The Business Times, 4 March 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 GFriday, March 4, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    221 1 Foreign issuers are tapping the local debt market and the latest is Ford Motor Credit Company with its three-year Singapore dollar bond issue. The S$350 million bonds were priced on Thursday at 3.70 per cent, lower than the initial price guidance of 3.80 per cent. TOP STORIES 2
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    Lock icon Bank-crisis losses can be avoided with higher capital buffers: IMF
    675 1  -  It suggests regulators urge banks to raise new equity rather than pare assets, and says emerging-market banks might need stronger buffers By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo BANKING crises tend to be quite frequent and costly, not only for bank depositors
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    Lock icon Temasek, UOB tap euro-bond market in maiden issues
    911 1  -  Issues come at a time when European investors diversifying away from govt bonds By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore TEMASEK Holdings and UOB have made fresh forays into the euro-de-nominated bond market in recent weeks, expanding their investor base into Europe and
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,787.62 +60.66 KL COMP 1,688.20 -2.83 NIKKEI 225 16,960.16 +213.61 HANG SENG 19,941.76 -61.73 SHENZHEN B 1,131.49 -6.46 DOW (10.45 EST) 16,862.17 -37.15
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Ford unit joins foreign corporates issuing SGD bonds
      587 2  -  US company prices S$350 million bonds at 3.7 per cent following strong S$750 million demand By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore FOREIGN issuers are tapping the local debt market and the latest is Ford Motor Credit Company with its three-year Singapore
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      Lock icon China stocks enjoy biggest 3-day gain in 4 months on stimulus hope
      565 2 Gains have pared Shanghai Composite Index’s losses this year to 19 per cent MARKET BOUNCE BLOOMBERG Shanghai CHINA’S stocks rose for a third day, led by property developers and commodity producers, on continued optimism that policymakers will unveil
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      Lock icon Emerging stocks extend their winning streak
      460 2 REUTERS London EMERGING stocks rose for the fifth day in a row on Thursday, their longest winning streak so far this year, and were on track for their biggest weekly gain since last October, while South African shares leapt to three-month highs.--MSCI’s emerging equity
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      Lock icon Inflated import invoices behind bulk of China’s capital outflows: economists
      802 2  -  By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing INFLATED import invoices account for the bulk of China's capital outflows and this could lead to tighter controls. A paper by Deutsche Bank's China chief economist Zhang Zhiwei and colleague Zeng Li contends that the
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      Lock icon Cairnhill Nine’s units attract strong interest
      609 4  -  Cheques received for a sizeable number of the total 268 units; Indonesians make up big portion of potential buyers By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore CAPITALAND’S latest condominium project along Orchard Road, Cairnhill Nine, has seen strong interest, with cheques received for a sizeable
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      Lock icon BT journalists clinch two wins at SPH media awards
      623 4  -  By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Business Times (BT) on Thursday clinched two awards for 2015 at probably the most boisterous, unorthodox English/Malay/Tamil Media (EMTM) Group Media Awards at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yet. BT’s Joyce Hooi won Commentary/Analysis of the
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      Lock icon European and Asean business leaders suggest ways to move AEC agenda along
      545 4  -  European business leaders also call for more engagement with private sector to meet Asean single-market goals By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore EUROPEAN business leaders are urging Asean member states to be more active in incorporating visions for
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      Lock icon Singapore PMI falls to 51.6 in Feb as private-sector conditions soften
      389 4  -  This is a 0.9 drop from Jan; output expansion at slowest since Oct 2015 By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore BUSINESS conditions for Singapore’s private sector improved at a slower rate in February, with indicators pointing towards softening growth.
      Source: Markit  -  389 words
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      Lock icon SIA expects shaky global economy to affect premium demand
      695 6  -  Plan to tweak configuration of 5 incoming A380s next year by having fewer suites to better match demand By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore DEMAND for Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) premium seats is holding up but could take a hit in the
      PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM, DESMOND LIM/ THE STRAITS TIMES  -  695 words
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      Lock icon Deloitte South-east Asia names new chief
      613 6  -  By huangjy@sph.com.sg Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore DELOITTE South-east Asia moves into a new chapter with the retirement of Chaly Mah, who will be succeeded by Philip Yuen, the current chief executive of Deloitte Singapore. The leadership change takes place on June 1. When
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      Lock icon View from space of busy shipping hides dire straits of industry
      996 6 BLOOMBERG London FOR an industry that is losing money on almost every transaction, the world’s commodity shipping firms are remarkably busy grabbing any cargo they can get their hands on. From space, where satellites track ship movements, it all
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Impairment steers Noble away from Iceberg
      678 8  -  But more challenges lie ahead amid difficult commodity environment HOCK LOCK SIEW BY ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT NOBLE Group’s chief executive Yusuf Alireza is disdainful of talking about Iceberg Research. With the company’s recent move to impair the fair value of its long-term commodity
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      Lock icon CapitaLandCom to replace Noble in STI Index
      236 8  -  Change, which follows the March quarterly review, takes effect on March 21 By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore COME March 21, Noble Group will be removed from the Straits Times Index (STI), while CapitaLand Commercial Trust will be added, said FTSE Russell on
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      Lock icon Jardine Matheson 2015 profit up 5% to US$1.8 billion
      410 8  -  JARDINE GROUP By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore DESPITE trying circumstances in its two key markets of China and Indonesia, Jardine Matheson Holdings reported a 5 per cent increase in net profit to US$1.8 billion for the year ended Dec 31,
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      Lock icon Hongkong Land full-year profit up 52% on non-trading gains
      526 8  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore HONGKONG Land Holding’s profit attributable to shareholders for the year was US$2,012 million, up 52 per cent compared to US$1,327 million a year ago. This takes into account the net non-trading gains of US$ 1,107
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      Lock icon Dairy Farm full-year profit falls 17% to US$424.4m
      403 8  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore ASIAN retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings on Thursday reported a near 17 per cent fall to US$424.4 million in profit attributable to shareholders for the year ended Dec 31, 2015. It cited the challenging retail environment.
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      Lock icon LH Group plans to acquire Pacific Star Dev in S$140m RTO deal
      380 9  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore LH GROUP said on Thursday it plans to acquire real estate fund management company Pacific Star Development in a S$140 million reverse takeover (RTO) deal. Singapore-based Pacific Star has invested on behalf
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Mandarin Oriental
        164 9 SOFTER demand in Hong Kong and Paris put a dent in the earnings of hotelier Mandarin Oriental as full-year net profit for 2015 slid 8 per cent from the previous year to US$89.3 million. Revenue for the 12 months ended Dec 31 declined to US$607.3 million, nearly 11
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        Lock icon Ryobi Kiso Holdings
        73 9 MAINBOARD-LISTED Ryobi Kiso Holdings on Thursday said that it had secured S$33.3 million worth of contracts since Jan 1. Some of these contracts awarded for foundation and geoservices work include: Changi Airport, Terminal 5; HDB Sembawang N1 C12; HDB Tampines N6 C2A Park; Jurong Town Corporation estates
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        Lock icon Noble Group
        43 9 NOBLE Group has completed the sale of its remaining stake in Noble Agri, and received US$750 million for the transaction, the firm said in an exchange filing on Thursday. Noble has said that the proceeds will be used to repay debt.
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      Lock icon UOB to invest US$10m in Israel-based OurCrowd
      560 9  -  Equity crowdfunding services allow SMEs and startups to seek investments from accredited investors By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore UOB has become the first Asian bank to partner an equity crowdfunding (ECF) operator to provide ECF services in Asia, through which SMEs and
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      62 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index March 3,2016 2,787.62 +60.66 (+2.22%) Current streak 5 days Day high 2,787.62 Day low 2,735.42 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21,2016) FTSE ST Catalist index March 3,2016 452.57 +2.88 (+0.64%) Current streak 5 days Day high 454.90 Day low 449.62
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      Lock icon STI leaps 2.2%, bringing 5-day gain to 7%
      646 10  -  Banks, Keppel Corp and Singtel contribute 36% of the entire market’s S$1.8b turnover STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) enjoyed one of the best days of recent years when it shot up 60.66 points or 2.2 per
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      312 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 241 +2 243/239 271 209 6.1 6330.4 CapitaLand 315 +8 316/308 379 267 12.6 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 213 -3 216/210 228 184.5 5.3 7404 CityDev 776 cd +9 781/764 1095 661
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 10 VOLUME Ezra 178,243,600 Noble 165,796,300 Tech Oil Gas 103,821,700 Ezion 72,022,300 Loyz Energy 61,769,300 Market volume 2,205,907,000 VALUE DBS Grp 210,774,937 OCBC Bank 145,152,032 UOB 120,273,771 Singtel 116,605,357 JMH USD 96,551,397 Market value 1,844,053,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS Most Active
      108 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 278 +4 978 280/275 355/254 278/279 IS MS INDIA US$ US632 +12 132 632/628 838/575 632/634 79 Nikko AM STI ETF 285 +6 72 285/281 361/259 283/285 6.9 DBXT MSRussia US$ US169 40 169/169
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Mar 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 424.00 -68.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +81.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +42.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 668.48 +7.06 FTSE ST Small Cap 391.60 +2.20 FTSE ST All Share 685.13 +11.73 FTSE ST China Top 158.39 +1.52 FTSE ST China 189.10 +0.44 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index March 3,2016 685.13 +11.73 (+1.74%) Current streak 5 days Day high 685.13 Day low 675.56 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Mar 2,2016 1,595.68 +23.31 (+1.48%) Current streak 5 days Day high 1,601.83 Day low 1,572.71 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 2 3 1 0 0 11 2 3 Manufacturing 46 37 31 9 9 9 55 46 40 Commerce 18 14 12 5 5 6 23 19 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 19 11 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 31,353 996 32,349 118,388 216 118,604 Manufacturing 278,156 102,694 380,850 181,788 5,392 187,180 Commerce 189,609 104,762 294,371 195,100 4,671 199,771 Tpt/Stor/Comms 358,125 3,612 361,737 271,354 311 271,665 Finance 61,668 130 61,798 507,045 18 507,063 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 824.7 5.6 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 188.1 1.1 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5122 186.7 2.7 6300/4770 DBXT MSKorea US$ 4949 117.0 1.7 6246/4478 DBXT MSTaiwan US$ 1943 101.7 3.9 2392/1667 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low China Haida 2.4
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Jardine C&C 3900 -37.0 -0.9 4258/2636 Hyflux 6% CPS ***** -20.0 -0.2 *****/***** China Flexpack 84 -18.0 -17.6 420/36 Straits Trading 210 -13.0 -5.8 299/186 DBXT S&PShort US$ 2192 -11.1 -0.4 2393/2086 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Blumont 0.1 -50.0 -0.1 1.6/0.1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      81 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE ICP Ltd 15,886.0 0.008 +0.002 +33.33 Abundance Intl 160.1 0.035 +0.010 +40.00 ChinaKundaTech 204.0 0.021 +0.005 +31.25 VGO 41.4 0.060 -0.010 -14.29 Viking Offshore 13,770.5 0.046 +0.006 +15.00 Magnus Energy 46,984.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Tech Oil Gas 103,821.7 0.163 +0.033 +25.39 Axcelasia 100.0 0.210 +0.047
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    • BROKERS' TAKE
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        Lock icon CapitaLand Mall Trust Hold
        195 10 Target price: S$2.10 March 3 close: S$2.13 OCBC Investment Research, March 3 CapitaLand Mall Trust’s (CMT) share price has appreciated 11.9 per cent year-to-date, making it the top performing Singapore real estate investment trust (S-Reit). Its share price has also increased 15.2 per cent since we
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        Lock icon Singapore Exchange Accumulate
        73 10 Target price: S$8.28 March 3 close: S$7.54 Phillip Capital Research, March 3 SGX has submitted a non-binding bid for the acquisition of The Baltic Exchange. The discussions for this acquisition are still preliminary. The Baltic Exchange’s main source of revenue is from membership subscriptions and member access
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        Lock icon China Everbright Water Buy
        198 10  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$0.82 March 3 close: S$0.51 RHB Research, March 2 China EverBright Water (CEW) announced on Wednesday that it has clinched two new waste water treatment projects (Zhangqiu No 1 Plant and Zhangqiu No 2 Plant) from Zhangqiu’s municipal government. Both
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      Lock icon US$ seen strengthening against major currencies
      379 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS Bangalore THE dollar will appreciate against major currencies in the coming months, a Reuters poll found, but not enough to make up for the losses incurred just before and since the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in December. Since December, investors have
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Mar 3 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.983 4.786 0.673 5.687 49.217 96.862 0.834 8.886 3.020 1.095 76.608 34.437 1.019 11.418 0.730 24.093 25.981 0.519 0.731 Canada 1.017 4.869
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Mar 3 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0186 1.0198 0.7312 0.7317 Canadian dollar 1.0365 1.0372 0.7442 0.7441 Euro 1.5139 1.5153 1.0868 1.0872 NZ dollar 0.9305 0.9318 0.6680 0.6685 Sterling pound 1.9643 1.9661 1.4101 1.4106
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Mar 3 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3937 1.3946 2-months 1.3947 1.3957 3-months 1.3957 1.3968 6-months 1.3985 1.3997 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        404 11 Mar 3 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 9102.50 9162.50 9035.00 9125.00 *****1 *****5 Apr16 8992.50 9072.50 8960.00 9030.00 1626 1398 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 5569 ***** MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        213 11 Most active Mar 3 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left KepCorp MB eCW*****2 12 1.9 7084 0.2 680 9 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 1.3 -0.1 6975 1 18 7 DBS MB eCW*****4 19.6 2.9 6840 0.1 1360 7
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 2 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1214.4 0.5 -5.0 0.3 -6.0 0.5 -4.8 EAFE Preliminary 940.3 1.4 -7.2 1.2 -8.3 1.5 -7.0 Europe Preliminary 1336.5 0.3 -5.4
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Mar 3 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.03 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.08 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Mar 3 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.53 100.59 100.59 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.1 102.15 102.05 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 101.19 101.35 101.00 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 102.73 103.01 102.60 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 109.23
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Mar-2 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Mar-2 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 854.25 3.50 0.41% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.17 -0.15 -0.49% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 442.75 4.25 0.97% 14/03/2016 Mar-2 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2192.00 -6.00 -0.27% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1358.00 16.00 1.19%
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      Lock icon Full-year results ended December 2015
      3206 12 NET PROFIT (S$M) TURNOVER (S$M) COMPANY CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG 1 DBS Grp 4454.0 4046.0 10.1 *****.0 9816.0 11.3 2 OCBC Bank 3903.0 3842.0 1.6 8722.0 8340.0 4.6 3 UOB 3209.0 3249.0 -1.2 8048.0 7457.0 7.9 4 Keppel Corp 1524.6 1884.8 -19.1 *****.5
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1843 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last vol Day Div GrYld 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 134 -2.5 377 136.5 134 1 8.3 851.4 MCap 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 113cd +2.5 874 114 111 1.7
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      284 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last Vol Day 4 1.7 t Acesian Partners 3 unch 169 3 2.9 4.1 10.5 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 200 0.3 0.3 7.9 Net MCap High LOW Company
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      119 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2620 4 2634 2620 7.2 High Day 1750 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1114 +6 14 1114 1110 6246 4478 DBXT MSKorea US$
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      719 16 They are on 3-day stoppage to protest a one per cent excise duty on jewellery produced and sold within the country BLOOMBERG Mumbai INDIA’S thriving gold markets have gone strangely quiet. Shops are shuttered across the world’s largest consumer
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      523 16 REUTERS Brasilia MINING company Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton and Vale SA, reached a deal with the Brazilian government on Wednesday to pay an estimated 20 billion reais (S$7.2 billion) in damages over 15 years for a deadly dam spill
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      811 16 BLOOMBERG Oklahoma AUBREY McClendon, the one-time billionaire wildcatter whose meteoric rise and swift fall traced the arc of the shale revolution, died in a car crash in Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning. His death came less than a day after he was
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      496 18  -  Profits surge 54% year-on-year; 2016 likely to be more challenging, says AffinHwang Capital By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S technology companies saw positive earnings growth last year, both on an annual and quarterly basis, but for most, the expansion was
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      686 18 Forcing people to keep changing their passwords can result in them coming up with bad passwords WP Washington MOST office drones have had to deal with a job that requires them to keep changing their passwords like clockwork, maybe every
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      460 18 REUTERS San Francisco ERIC Schmidt, the former chief executive officer of Google, will head a new Pentagon advisory board aimed at bringing Silicon Valley innovation and best practices to the US military, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday. Mr Carter
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      443 18 REUTERS Hong Kong MORE wealthy Chinese are ploughing money into technology start-ups which are increasingly seen as a safe haven as the slowing economy eases hopes of extracting returns from traditional investments such as stocks, property or gold.
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  • CONSUMER
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      688 19 But investors are concerned the spending may become a permanent drag on profit BLOOMBERG Los Angeles MEDIA companies have settled on a strategy to combat declining viewership at their TV networks: spend, spend, spend. Discovery Communications Inc, Viacom
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      687 19 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CHINA’S top brewer could start acquiring smaller competitors to cement its leading position in the Chinese beer market, after buying out venture partner SABMiller plc and taking full ownership of the world’s best-selling Snow beer. China Resources Beer
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      616 20  -  Same magnitude of rise seen in both mature, non-mature estates; but year-on-year prices still 0.6% lower By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore STRONGER signs of stabilising resale prices for Housing Development Board (HDB) flats were reflected in the latest flash estimates
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      135 20 REUTERS London THE risks in the housing market are rising but remain smaller than in 2014, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Wednesday. He also said the growth of the rapidly growing so-called“buy-to-let” rental property sector potentially
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      Lock icon OCBC sells 8 shophouses and strata shop units for S$31.7m
      608 20  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore OCBC has sold eight shophouses and strata shop units for S$31.7 million within a year of putting up for sale a portfolio of 38 such properties islandwide. The latest transacted was a three-storey freehold
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      Lock icon Pan Sutong’s Goldin Financial Holdings wins land site for HK$6.38b
      677 20 Foray into Hong Kong’s residential market is the first for billionaire who made fortune in electronics Hong Kong HONG KONG’s exclusive club of residential property developers will have to make room for a new entrant after billionaire Pan Sutong’s Goldin
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      293 21 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE BRIZAY PARK GCB 17,200sf. 2-sty. 6+1. Serene. Pool. Good plot. High grd. No long driveway. Serious seller. Keys on hand. Andy 9227 2638 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE CORONATION Detached at Coronation Good plot 5700 sqft. 4+1 study Prime locale. Library, pk 2 cars,s/pool Trudy *****773 D11
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      279 21 D10 APARTMENT FOR SALE WING ON LIFE GARDEN Freehold. 3305 sf. 4+1 ensuite. High floor. Panoramic view. Bright breezy. Split level living dining. Minutes walk to Newton MRT. Sale with tenancy. Call Dennis Tan *****282 ERA D19 APARTMENT FOR SALE TREASURE TROVE Brand new. 2bdrm from $850K. 2+study from $999K.
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      229 21 D01 SHOP FOR RENT 90 EU TONG SEN STREET S.*****1. Next to Outram Chinatown MRT. 4670 sf. For Gym/ Yoga/ Pilates/ Martial Arts. Avail in March 2016. YKI 6848 4666 (24 hrs) www.yin-khing.com D03 SHOP FOR RENT 279 OUTRAM ROAD Brand new shop S*****6. 976sf Along main rd. Attached toilet
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      499 22 Beige Book notes that while wages generally increased since the start of the year, the growth was inconsistent BLOOMBERG Washington THE US economy continued to expand across most of the country, while wage growth was described as varying widely, “from flat
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      893 22 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt ONE week before a long-awaited stimulus decision, European Central Bank officials are privately deliberating over how to enhance their monetary policy stance without maiming its transmission. Committees studying how to mitigate the impact on banks have prepared potential
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      Lock icon UK services growth at 3-year low as Brexit doubts grip boardrooms
      850 23 British GDP now looks on track to expand by just 0.3% in the first quarter of 2016, according to Markit REUTERS BLOOMBERG London THE prospect of Britain voting to leave the European Union sent shivers through the boardrooms of
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      293 23 REUTERS London EUROZONE businesses had their worst month in over a year in February which, coupled with further signs of deflationary pressures, is likely to solidify expectations for further monetary policy easing, a survey found. Markit’s final Composite Purchasing
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      368 23 REUTERS Athens GREECE cannot accept demands by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of its international creditors, to cut pensions further to achieve a primary surplus target in two years, its finance minister said on Thursday. Greece has proposed an overhaul of
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      Lock icon Rebound in January factory orders points to easing in manufacturing slump
      423 23 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington NEW orders for US factory goods increased by the most in seven months in January, in another hopeful sign for the troubled manufacturing sector. The Commerce Department said on Thursday new orders for manufactured
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s early-warning buoys out of action when big quake hit
      590 23 REUTERS Padang ALL 22 of the early-warning buoys Indonesia deployed after the 2004 tsunami disaster were inoperable when a massive undersea earthquake struck off the coast on Wednesday, a National Disaster Mitigation Agency official said. The 7.8 magnitude quake did
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      Lock icon Anwar declares support for Mahathir
      281 23 Petaling Jaya MALAYSIA’s jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has declared support for his arch nemesis Mahathir Mohamad in his efforts to pressure Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign. “I support the position of friends in civil society, political parties and individuals including Tun Dr Mahathir,
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  • TRANSPORT
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      676 24 Low petrol prices lift demand for larger cars, but leave carmakers scrambling to make the vehicles more efficient to meet regulations without whittling their profit margins REUTERS Geneva CARMAKERS including Volkswagen’s premium brand Audi, luxury group Maserati and budget brand SEAT have
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      Lock icon Saudi aviation regulator in talks about airport free zones
      377 24 REUTERS Jeddah SAUDI Arabia’s aviation regulator is in talks with government agencies to set up free zones in the Jeddah and Riyadh airports under a long-term plan to diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil, its chairman told Reuters on Wednesday.
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      454 24 REUTERS Frankfurt VOLKSWAGEN’S former chief executive officer was alerted to problems with US diesel emissions tests in 2014, but the issue “did not initially receive particular attention at the management levels”, the German carmaker said on Wednesday. A memo
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      Lock icon US bans use of e-cigarettes on flights to protect health
      294 24 BLOOMBERG Washington PASSENGERS on commercial flights in the US won’t be allowed to use e-ciga-rettes under a regulation designed to protect people from the devices’ sec-ond-hand vapour. The Department of Transportation said it considers e-cigarettes to be equivalent to smoking,
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      541 24 REUTERS New York TOP US airlines on Wednesday said they were seeking regulatory approval to start flying specific routes to Cuba, ramping up competition over a limited number of opportunities to serve one of the industry’s last frontiers. Dramatising their eagerness for
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  • OPINION
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      557 26 Clarity in US presidential race a positive for markets for now EDITORIAL AFTER Super Tuesday where US presidential candidates try to secure nominations from delegates from a large number of states the race for the White House this November has become clearer. The results have also coincided with a rally
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      817 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 THE recent visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the United States illustrates the seemingly schizophrenic relationship between the two
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      Lock icon THRIVING IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
      1415 26  -  This boils down to having an entrepreneurial mindset and embracing failure, and is not just the government’s responsibility. BY GREG UNSWORTH AND LAWRENCE WONG SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 BY GREG UNSWORTH AND LAWRENCE WONG T Greg Unsworth is PwC Singapore’s digital business leader. Lawrence wong is
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      Lock icon What will we do if we have no oil?
      929 27  -  COMMENTARY By Frank-Jürgen Richter T The writer is founder and chairman of Horasis, a global visions community. Horasis will host the inaugural Horasis Global Meeting in Liverpool on June 13-14. The Future of Energy is one of the main discussion topics
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      Lock icon An Indian budget for the long run
      622 27  -  By Meghnad Desai T The writer is Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also chairman of the Advisory Board of the official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, an independent platform for dialogue and research on financial
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      1153 27  -  The current US presidential candidates are adopting famous past presidents as role models. But they, the Republican candidates in particular, do not fit the mould of their role models. BY HARISH MEHTA models.BY HARISH MEHTA T The writer is a historian who
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon Capturing the changing photo market
      772 28  -  Legendary film company Kodak is taking a leap into the digital age with an app to make hiring photographers a snap. BY AVANTI NIM snap.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg FILM photography may be dead, but the company best associated with it has not taken it lying
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        161 28  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang SuperBrunch: Masquerade Carnival THE Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore’s famed SuperBrunch returns, now that its buffet restaurant, Colony, is completed. For this edition, the hotel lobby, Colony and Chihuly Lounge will be transformed into a masquerade carnival. There will be the seven-metre-long seafood
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        141 28  - Dazzling Strings Tang Muhai and SCO CLASSICAL MUSIC By Helmi Yusof IN celebration of Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s 20th anniversary, the orchestra has invited the famous Chinese conductor Tang Muhai (right) the former chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish National Opera to play with it on Saturday.
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        138 28  - I Write The Songs A Tribute To Barry Manilow POP MUSIC By Helmi Yusof YEARNING for music of the yesteryears? Here’s a concert for you: velvety-voiced crooner Robert Fernando (above) is back on stage to sing Barry Manilow’s illustrious songbook. Fernando was a fixture on local TV in the 1980s
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        235 28  -  DINING By Tan Teck Heng RESTAURANT Kaiseki Yoshiyuki is launching a one-week menu to celebrate Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day or Doll’s Day). The Japanese festival falls on March 3, when families pray for the happiness and health of their daughters, complete with a tiered display of dolls
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        202 28  -  CONCERTS By Dylan Tan THERE is something for every music fan this coming weekend and the week ahead. The Singapore Jazz Festival (SingJazz) returns from Friday to Sunday with a host of international and local acts including Joss Stone, Candy Dulfer, Incognito, Level 42, Orquesta Buena
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        Lock icon Fine art and furniture auction
        158 28  -  ARTS By The Cheah Ui-Hoon IT’S not every weekend that you get a fine art and furniture sale, and this weekend, you get both. One East Larasati (Hong Kong) has been appointed to manage the sale of a single private collection (Singapore/ Hong Kong) consisting
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  • WINE/ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
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      719 29  - Wines nectars that force you to slow down and savour Dessert wines, in particular, being rich and sweet, demand to be enjoyed thoughtfully. BY NK YONG IN my previous column, I quoted from William Henry Davies: “We have no time to stand and stare”. While these words were written 105
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      Lock icon Revenge classic retold in grey instead of black & white
      716 29  - Revenge classic retold in grey instead of black white By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg IN traditional storytelling, you know exactly who the heroes and villains are. Such was the case in Savage Land, by China’s renowned modernist playwright Cao Yu, which was written 50 years ago. But in its current contemporary
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      529 29  - meetscircus show iD is back By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg GONE are the days when circus troupes relied on performing lions or elephants to bring the awe factor to their shows. Now, companies such as Cirque Eloize (pronounced “el-waz”) work consistently to keep their routines fresh to entertain audiences so they
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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      315 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Trees start to topple after shouts of warning (6) 4 Invariably left road after a second (6) 8 Good service, appropriate with one style of artwork (8) 10 Rub shoulders with vagrant pinching new book (6) 11 Assuming he expected to pack butter (4) 12 Getting
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  • ARTS
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      596 30  -  Edith Podesta’s award-winning drama returns to the stage. stage.BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT THEATRE practitioner Edith Podesta was researching for another play when she chanced upon a letter that famous author Oscar Wilde wrote to Alfred Douglas while serving time in Reading Gaol
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      534 30  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IF you loved Sonny Liew’s best-selling graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, you can now own an original artwork from it. Liew is selling original comic pages from the novel for between S$200 and S$950 at
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      151 30  -  By Helmi Yusof BESIDES Dark Room, there are three plays and two works-in-progress at Esplanade’s The Studios 2016 season. We pick out the best: OPHELIA Experimental theatre director Natalie Hennedige is one of the most exciting talents in Singapore theatre. Her latest work Ophelia stars the
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      Lock icon Actors so good, they could sell any drug
      719 30  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT THE Effect is a romance set in the world of the pharmaceutical industry. It offers a cocktail of emotions laughter, tears, fear and indignation. And though its ending is not altogether convincing, it is still the best
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  • CINEMA/COVER STORY
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      606 31  -  As an in-depth exploration of Jesse Owens and his times, Race is an also-ran. BY GEOFFREY EU IT’S been 80 years since Jesse Owens single-handedly destroyed the myth of Aryan supremacy at the Berlin Olympics by winning four gold medals. Beyond those athletic
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      279 31  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT CROUCHING Tiger Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny has only been out for about a week but it’s already attracted a lot of flying daggers. The Netflix-exclusive sequel to Lee Ang’s poetically beautiful wuxia (sword fighting)
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      680 31  -  By Tay Suan Chiang THE annual Singapore Design Week, which runs from March 8 to 20, brings together a collection of local and international design activities. For a full list of events, see www.designsingapore.org/SDW. Here’s what not to miss. Design and Make Fair March
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      558 31  -  By Geoffrey Eu IF you think the fashion industry is tough, you haven’t tried the movie and movie sequel business. Just ask Ben Stiller, whose fashionista alter ego Derek Zoolander has been resurrected in Zoolander 2, a film that is woefully short
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      838 32  - You REALLY wanna read this column Beware OFF THE CUFF Jaime Ee IF THERE’S a lesson to be learned from Madonna’s visit to Singapore, it’s this: you have to be very careful about who reads what you write. I might be a devoted dog person writing on a website that
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